In January 2014, a group of Africans from many physical, spiritual, and political locations began conversations around the deteriorating state of our Continent, the fundamentalisms that divide us and the multiple forms of violence that harm us. Initially spurred by…

This is the first in a series of extracts from the Queer African Reader David Kato submitted this short essay to the editors of the Queer African Reader just a month before he was murdered on 26 January 2011. David…

Radical movements and individual acts of bravery or brilliance in speaking out against injustice do not come from nowhere but are the result of collective labour and local and transnational histories of organizing. SUSPECT was initially formed in order to…

From Pambazuka News, Henry Makori calls for an end to the persecution of LGBTI people across Africa which goes beyond laws to a fierce intolerance by society at large. President Yoweri Museveni has done it. Against widespread expectation raised…

From The Feminist Wire a review of the Queer African Reader edited by Sokari Ekine and Hakima Abbas By Rita Nketiah and Rose Afriyie In the past decade, African sexual minorities have received increasing attention. 2013 alone saw numerous headlines…

A new exciting journal celebrating our lives as lesbian, bisexual women and trans-diverse people across Africa and the Diaspora Standpoint: A Journal of the Coalition of African Lesbians – Invites contributions to a brand new Journal The Coalition of African…

Publisher’s Note: FAIRYTALES FOR LOST CHILDREN is narrated by people constantly on the verge of self-revelation. These characters – young, gay and lesbian Somalis – must navigate the complexities of family, identity and the immigrant experience as they tumble towards freedom. Set…

From the Mail & Guardian, Phumi Mtetwa discusses Nelson Mandela’s role in facilitating LGBTI rights in South Africa through encouraging dialogue. However his contribution fell short as failed upset the social and economic structures at the core of inequality. “Oliver…

It started as a one year project and ended up taking us three years but finally Hakima and I are able to announce the publication of the Queer African Reader published by Fahamu Books. REVIEWS A richness of voices, a…

The 24 year old lesbianâ€™s body was found in a ditch in Tsakane, East of Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni. Her face crushed with bricks, it was also alleged that her pants were pulled down and she was raped in what is described as a hate crime.

Fire burns; it also purifies. Count my words as fire, burning embers that purify an unspeakable truth spoken at last. Two lesbians of African descent abandon fear for risk and decide to marry in New York City, breaking social taboo…

From “Homosexuality is Halal – The Fatwa [Part 1 – Essay – Chapter 1] Was I suffering from a demonic possession? Or was it the evil works of a dark spell? These were the questions that led to my exorcism-session in the…

insinuates that Africans learnt homosexuality from Europeans (and/or Arabs), I do not go to my happy place where only thoughts of first love and first kisses rule. Rather I think about waking up in the dead of the night to a ghostly white female figure hovering over my bed. The white woman that all African lesbians, bisexual women and women

* Second hate crime in a week. Modise Hamiliton Mosweu was stabbed to death in Westonaria, South Africa A gay West Rand man has been brutally murdered, and possibly raped, in Westonaria in an apparent hate crime. The body of…

Another South African Lesbian MurderThis morning (10/11/2012) I received a call from Ndumie Funda the founder and Director of Lulekisizwe a project that nurses, supports and feeds the lesbian bisexual and trans woman (LBT) in townships who are victims and…

Repolitizing Pride — a queer feminist revolution tags: pride LGBTI+Africa Johannesburg PinkWashing Movements JOBURG PRIDE MARRED BY SCUFFLES | Mambaonline.comThe group of activists, from the 1 in 9 campaign, ran out from behind the Goodman Gallery building and set up an impromptu blockade. A number…